Median wage
$16.00 an hour
Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake
Compared with Alberta
5.6% higher
$0.85 above the Alberta median of $15.15
Compared with Canada
Same
as the Canadian median of $16.00
Job outlook
Moderate
3 of 5, 2025-2027
Job postings
18
on Job Bank in September 2026
Wages in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake
In Canadian dollars an hour, from 2023-2024 data. Low and high are Job Bank’s 10th and 90th percentiles.
Wage range in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake and Canada Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $21.00, middle half $15.00 to $18.00. Alberta (province): median $15.15, from $15.00 to $19.60, middle half $15.00 to $17.00. Canada: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $19.02, middle half $15.00 to $17.00. $14 $16 $18 $20 $22 Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $21.00, middle half $15.00 to $18.00 Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake $16.00 Alberta (province): median $15.15, from $15.00 to $19.60, middle half $15.00 to $17.00 Alberta (province) $15.15 Canada: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $19.02, middle half $15.00 to $17.00 Canada $16.00 The line runs from the low to the high wage, the dot is the median and the box is the middle half (lower to upper quartile).
Wages in Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake compared with Canada
Wage Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake Alberta Canada
Low
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
Lower quartile
$15.00
$15.00
$15.00
Median
$16.00
$15.15
$16.00
Upper quartile
$18.00
$17.00
$17.00
High
$21.00
$19.60
$19.02
Average
$17.48
$16.38
$16.68
Job outlook
Moderate (3 of 5) for 2025-2027, from Job Bank’s 3-year outlook for Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake.
18 job postings on Job Bank in September 2026.
Education and training
TEER category 5
Usual education No formal education is usually required, and training is a short work demonstration.
By region in Alberta
Job Bank’s economic regions, highest median first. A region links to its own page where its figures differ from the province’s.
Wage range by economic region in Alberta Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $21.00. Lethbridge – Medicine Hat: median $15.70, from $15.00 to $20.98. Calgary: median $15.60, from $15.00 to $18.00. Red Deer: median $15.55, from $15.00 to $17.39. Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00. Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00. Edmonton: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00. Camrose – Drumheller: median $15.15, from $15.00 to $19.60. $14 $16 $18 $20 $22 Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake: median $16.00, from $15.00 to $21.00 Wood Buffalo – Cold Lake $16.00 Lethbridge – Medicine Hat: median $15.70, from $15.00 to $20.98 Lethbridge – Medicine Hat $15.70 Calgary: median $15.60, from $15.00 to $18.00 Calgary $15.60 Red Deer: median $15.55, from $15.00 to $17.39 Red Deer $15.55 Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00 Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River $15.25 Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00 Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House $15.25 Edmonton: median $15.25, from $15.00 to $20.00 Edmonton $15.25 Camrose – Drumheller: median $15.15, from $15.00 to $19.60 Camrose – Drumheller $15.15 The line runs from the low to the high wage and the dot is the median.
Wages from 2023-2024 data, Job Bank 2025 release. Job outlooks for 2025-2027. Job postings counted for September 2026.
Occupation titles, codes and TEER categories come from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021, Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada .